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BIOGRAPHIES *********** Greene County Arkansas Genealogy Trails If you have information to add on your family . Please Email me. Tina Easley http://genealogytrails.com/ark/greene/ http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene ****** Allison, W. T. -Archer, T. J. -Ayers, H. L. James Ball - B.A. Ball - Bleier, Joseph - Bobo, E. M. -Boyd, M. W. -Bray, E. S. Benjamin H. Crowley -Daniel, R. T. - Johnson, Colonel Benjamin A. - William Smith Luna Transcribed by A. Newell, July 2006 Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 122. W. T. Allison was born on
the 25th of December 1850 in Gibson County, Tenn., being
the eldest of six children, two now living, born to John
W. and Elizabeth (Harrington) Allison, who were born in
the "Old North State" and emigrated to Gibson
County, Tenn., in 1828, where the father engaged in
cabinet making and farming, and made his home until 1867,
when he moved to Weakley County, Tenn., where he now
resides. In 1862 he enlisted in the army and served under
Gen. Forrest until nearly the close of the war. He is a
Democrat. His wife died in 1861. Transcribed by A. Newell, July 2006 Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 122. Among the many sturdy
"sons of the soil" of Greene County, Ark., who
have attained wealth and prominence in their calling by
the sweat of their brow, and who command an enviable
social position, is Mr. Archer, the subject of this
biography. He was born in Alabama in 1847 and is the
youngest in a family of nine children born to the
marriage of Rev. Phillip Archer and Artemisa Maxwell. The
father in connection with his ministerial duties, was
engaged in farming, and followed these two occupations
until his death which occurred on the 10th of August
1868, his death being preceded by that of his wife by
twenty-one years. The paternal grandfather left Alabama
and settled in Arkansas during the early history of that
State, being an extensive farmer for many years. His
death occurred very suddenly. Transcribed by A. Newell, July 2007 Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 122-123. H. L. Ayers, a wealthy farmer of Greene County, Ark., was born in Bedford County, Tenn., in 1858, and is the second in a family of four children born to the marriage of Frank and Loddie (Williams) Ayers, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Tennessee. At the early age of eight years H. L. Ayers left home and began depending on his own resources for obtaining a livelihood, and up to the age of seventeen years worked on farms and did teaming. In 1879 he was married in Gibson County, Tenn., to Miss Addie Rosson, who was born, reared and educated in that State, being a daughter of John Rosson, who was known as one of the best farmers in West Tennessee, his farm of 300 acres being valued at $9,000. After his marriage, Mr. Ayers worked with his father-in-law until 1883, when he made a trip to Arkansas and traveled over the greater portion of that State, as well as Missouri, the Indian Territory, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana and Mississippi. After one year he returned to West Tennessee and at the end of one year went to Fulton County, KY, where he resided two years. In August, 1886 he moved his family to Greene County, Ark., where he engaged in the teaming business, which he followed for two years, and then acted as stave inspector for J. F. Hasty & Son for one year. He next began farming on a tract of 160 acres of land in Greene County in December, 1888, and on this be immediately began to make improvements, and has introduced many new methods of farming. He has thirty-five acres in corn, fifteen in oats, thirty-five in rye and oats for pasture, and two in potatoes. On this farm is a fine orchard of 540 trees, mostly peach, beside a fine assortment of other fruit. He is doing well in his calling and promises to become in time a wealthy man. He and wife are the parents of one daughter, Lizzie May. Source : A History of Northwest Missouri , Volume 2 - Page 1281 - 1915 Brought up in the South, James Ball subsequently migrated with his family to Arkansas, settling in Greene County, where he took up land, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits till his death, at the age of fifty years. He served as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, his health becoming impaired to some extent through frequent exposure and hardships. He was a democrat in politics, and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He married a Miss Moseley, the descendant of a prominent family of Virginia, and a relative of Mary Washington. Her parents were slave owners, and large landholders in Virginia. She died in December, 1865, loved and mourned by all who knew her. The children born of their union are as follows: Elizabeth C., deceased; Benjamin A., the special subject of this brief sketch; William C., deceased; James Marian, who served in the Confederate army as a member of the Fifth Arkansas Infantry, which became a part of General Hood's army, was killed at the bloody battle of Franklin; John Everett, who died in Howell County,'Missouri; Mrs. Francis Ludlow Ball, of Hughes County, Oklahoma; and Mary Ball, Greene County, Arkansas. Spending his boyhood days in South Carolina and Arkansas, Benjamin A. Ball was educated in the public schools. Soon after the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in the Confederate service under Col. C. D. Cross, his regiment being assigned to Gen. Sydney E. Johnston's brigade, and after the death of that brave commander being placed under charge of General Bragg. With his comrades Mr. Ball took part in the engagement at Franklin, Tennessee; was wounded at the battle of Murphysboro; and in Georgia saw much service. Returning to his home in Greene County, Arkansas, at the close of the war, he began work as a tiller of the soil. Coming to Missouri in 1867, Mr. Ball located in DeKalb County, which has since been his home. In 1884 he bought .his present farm on section five, Lafayette township, and now has a finely improved and highly productive farm of two hundred and ninety acres, which he is carrying on with both pleasure and profit, being engaged in general farming and stock raising. Mr. Ball married, in 1867, in Greene County, Arkansas, Mary F. Elrod, the descendant of an old Virginia family, and a daughter of Hiram Elrod, her parents being pioneer settlers of Arkansas, where they located in 1857. Both Mr. and Mrs. Elrod have passed to the life beyond. Six children have been born of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Ball, namely: Mary C., of St. Joseph, Missouri; Dora, a student at Columbia; Mrs. Lulu Virginia Dooley, of Dearborn, Platte County, Missouri; Laura E., wife of a Mr. Steel, of Buchanan County, Missouri; James Edward, of St. Joseph; and Benjamin A., Jr. The four daughters are at present in the teaching profession in Northwestern Missouri. In his political affiliations Mr. Ball is a straight forward democrat. Religiously he is an active and valued member of the Christian Church, and an interested worker in its affairs. ****** A farmer and stock raiser, post office Stewartsville, is a native of Abbeyville District, South Carolina, and was born on the 6th day of September, 1842. He received a common school education, and at the age of fifteen years, with his parents, he moved to Greene County, Arkansas, and assisted his father on a farm until the spring of 1861. He then enlisted in Company E., Fifth Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, and did guard duty until the following fall, when he was mustered into the Confederate service. He participated in the battles of Nashville, Tennessee, and Shiloh, and was wounded at the last named place. He was also at the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and Kenesaw Mountain, and afterward returned to his home, in 1865. Mr. B. remained at home with his parents until he was married, on the 26th day of December 1866, to Miss Nancy F. Elwood, a native of Grayson County, Virginia. She was born on the 16th day of December, 1855, and, with her parents, moved to Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. Ball came to this county in the fall of 1868, and for one year resided near Stewartsville. They then moved to DeKalb County, in 1869, and lived there until 1875, at that time returning to Clinton County. The subject of this sketch rented land, and, in 1877, made his first purchase of land, and is now the owner of 200 acres of well improved land, surrounded and subdivided by fine osage hedges. They have been blessed with a family of six children, all of whom are living: Mary C, Dora I., Lulu V., James E., Laura E., and Bennie. Source - History of Clinton Co. , Missouri - 1881 Transcribed by A. Newell, July 2007 Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 123. Joseph Bleier, proprietor of the Vienna Bakery, at Paragould, was born in Bohemia, Austria, December 17, 1846, and is the son of Ignatz and Anna (Freitle) Bleier, also natives of Austria. The parents are still living in their native country, and the father follows the occupation of a farmer. In their family were eight children: Joseph, Frank, Robert, Ignatz, John and Otto (twins), Barbara and Anna. Joseph Bleier received his education in Austria, and remained on the farm with his father until fourteen years of age, when he began learning the baker's trade. In 1867 when in his twentieth year, he took passage from Bremen to America on the steamer, "Ocean," which was stranded one year later, and landed at New York City. He came on to Cincinnati, where he worked for about eight years in and around the city. He then went to Chicago, remained there about three years and then engaged in business for himself at Joliet, Ill. In 1886 he came to Paragould and immediately engaged in his present business, at which he has been very successful. He is an excellent baker and keeps a good stock of everything carried in his line. He was married in October, 1873 to Miss Mary Gaker, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Rosa (Schleer) Gaker, who were natives of Germany and early settlers of Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Bleier have been born five children, three now living: John K., Frank and Joseph E. The two deceased were Robert and Mathew. Mr. and Mrs. Bleiser are members of the Catholic Church. Transcribed by A. Newell, July 2007 Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 123-124. E. M. Bobo. Among Greene County's self-made, enterprising and successful citizens, none deserve more favorable mention than the subject of this sketch, E. M. Bobo, who was born in South Carolina in 1840. His father, A. P. Bobo, came from the Palmetto State to Arkansas in 1857, and entered 160 acres of land, upon which he lived engaged in farming and stock raising until his dath in 1886. He was held in favor by his fellow farmers, and was for two years coroner of Greene County. Of his family of seven childen, two sons and five daughters, four are still living, one in North Carolina, two in Texas, and one in Arkansas. They are Mary (Bobo) Prince, E. M. Bobo, Virginia (Bobo) Swindle, and Spotana (Bobo) Love. E. M. Bobo was seventeen years of age when he came with his father to this State, where he has since made his home. He has about 154 acres of land, with eighty under cultivation, forty of which he has cleared himself, and his farm is well stocked with horses, cattle, hogs and fine sheep. October 2, 1861 Mr. Bobo enlisted in the Fifth Arkansas Infantry, and though twice wounded, continued in service during the entire war. He and wife have reared a family of nine children: M. A., born in 1862; Matilda, born in 1866; G. M., born in 1867; Olive, born in 1869, Victoria, born in 1871; Arthur E., born in 1872; J. E., born in 1874; Alice, born in 1875, and Ada, in 1878. Mr. Bobo belongs to the Agricultural Wheel, and he and wife and family are active members of the Methodist Church. Transcribed by A. Newell, July 2007 Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 124. M. W. Boyd, (deceased) was an enterprising and industrous farmer of Greene County, Ark. He was born in Tennessee on the 12th of October, 1846, and came to Arkansas with his father when a child, where the latter died shortly after. In 1868 M. W. Boyd was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss M. J. McMillin, who was born in the "Palmetto State" and came to Arkansas with her parents, W. P. and Adaline (Cooley) McMillin in 1853, settling on what is known as the old Willcockson estate, consisting of 500 acres. Here Mr. McMillin greatly improved his farm, became a well-known citizen of the county, and died on the 19th of May, 1862. After his marriage Mr. Boyd began improving his farm on an extensive scale by erecting good buildings, setting out orchards, etc., and did considerable in the way of stock raising. He was interested in all things that promised to promote the welfare of his section, and was a liberal contributor to churches and schools. He died on the 27th of May 1885, leaving his wife and children one of the best farms in the county, on which is a roomy and substantial dwelling-house, surrounded by ornamental trees and shrubbery. Mrs. Boyd is ably managing the farm, and besides the usual crops is engaged in raising cotton. She and Mr. Boyd became the parents of the following children: Onie, Alice, Clara and Selma. Transcribed by A. Newell, July 2007 Source: The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, 1889, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, p. 124. E. S. Bray, postmaster at Paragould and cashier of the Bank of Paragould, is classed among the prominent and successful business men of that town. He was born in Chatham County, N. C. and is the son of Solomon and Sarah (Brooks) Bray, natives of North Carolina, where they passed their entire lives. They were the parents of nine children, seven now living, three in N. C., two in TN, and two in AR. E. S. Bray was but a lad when his parents died, and he went to live with an elder brother in TN, where he remained until grown. He received his education in that State and remained engaged in assisting on the farm until 1878, when he came to AR. Previous to this, in 1869, he married Miss Margaret E. Cox, a native of TN, and after coming to AR he located three miles from Paragould and followed agricultural pursuits until July 14, 1885, when he was appointed postmaster. He is the owner of 440 acres of good land with about fifty acres under cultivation, and has made many improvements since purchasing the farm. He has been magistrate for a number of years, and was one of the enumerators of the census of Greene County in 1880. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and represented his lodge at the Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the K. of P. He and wife belong to the Baptist Church. R. T. DANIEL
Transcribed and contributed by Frances Cooley R.
T. Daniel, a merchant and farmer of Clark Township, Greene County, was
born in 1837 in Tennessee, and is the fifth of a family of nine
children born to Ephraim and Pennie (Mundson) Daniel, who were
Tennesseeans. The father was a sturdy son of the soil, and when our
subject was a child removed to Mississippi, where he was engaged in
farming until 1855. At that date he came to Greene County,
Ark., and settled on the farm on which R. T. Daniel is now
residing, which consisted of 200 acres. He improved this farm very much
and soon had quite an extensive tract under cultivation and furnished
with good buildings.
R. T. Daniel remained with his parents until twenty-five years of age, then marrying Miss Elizabeth Pilmore, who was born in Mississippi and came with her parents to Arkansas at an early day. Soon after he erected a cottage on his father's farm. and began tilling the soil for himself on forty acres of land purchased from his father. Later he bought eighty acres more. At his father's death, in 1870, he inherited the remainder. When the war broke out he enlisted in Capt. Anderson's Company, and was with Gen. Shelby on his raid through Missouri, and was in the battle of Cape Girardeau, where he was wounded. He was also at Helena, Devall's Bluff. Little Rock, Camden and Saline River. While with Price on his raid through Missouri he was in the engagements at Iron Mountain, Independence, Blue Lick, Boonville and Kansas City. He then retreated to Texas and surrendered at Pine Bluff. After his return home he resumed farming successfully, continuing until 1887, when he received a stroke of paralysis, and has not been able to do hard labor since. He is now conducting a general mercantile store on his farm, which is netting him a fair income. Sixty acres of his place are under cultivation, and he devotes it to raising corn, cotton, etc. He and wife are the parents of the following children: James, who is married to Miss Nancy Fielder; Eliza Jane, wife of Jeff Adams; Henry, Thomas, Pollie, and Sarah Elizabeth. The family worship in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Daniel has served as school director and has always taken a deep interest in educational matters, as well as all other worthy enterprises. Source: Northeast Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs. COLONEL BENJAMIN A. JOHNSON Benjamin A.
Johnson, who lives at Crowley in this county, was a native of the state
of Tennessee and his first wife was Sarah E. Fielder, of Hickman County
of that state.
The writer married a younger sister of Mrs. Johnson, she being Miss R.L. Fielder. Another sister was
married to John C. Treadway, and was the mother of Thomas, William, and
Ed Treadway, of Paragould, and of Mrs. McFall, of near Camp Ground
Another of the sisters of the Tennessee Fielders was married to Rev. E. H. Bratton, and she was the mother of Mrs. Sallie Mangrum, William, Thomas and Manda Bratton. These ladies were sisters of Thomas and Polk Fielder. Colonel Johnson enlisted in the Confederate Army in Missouri and was made Lieut. Col. in Reeve's regiment of Missouri cavalry, a most daring and indomitable body of soldiers. They made their mark where they went and victory perched upon their arms on many a bloody field. At the close of the war Col. Johnson came to Polland, now in Clay County, but which was then in Greene County. In 1869 he came down to the Dr. Croft farm and soon afterward bought and moved onto the old Ed Bratton homestead, where he lived for several years and then purchased the Mart Gramling place and moved to it, and resides there at the present time. Col. Johnson is strong and active for one of his age and is now living with his third wife. He is a consistant member of the Baptist church, a great student of current news and takes a lively interest in political affairs, being an old line Jeffersonian Democrat. He appears satisfied to spend the rest of his days on Sugar Creek, surrounded by his children, grand-children and great grand-children, drinking the finest water in the world, eating big red apples and smoking home-made tobacco. B. A. Johnson, a wealthy farmer and stockman, of Greene County, Ark., was born in Hickman County, Tenn., in 1834, and is the fifth in a family of ten children born to Granville M. and Nereusa (Gardner) Johnson, who were Tennesseeans, the father being a farmer by occupation, and a wealthy citizen. He was justice of the peace in Tennessee for many years, and died in that State in 1884, followed by his wife some two years later. The paternal and maternal grandfathers were Virginians, who removed to Tennessee at an early day, the former reaching this State in 1812. Here they both died. B. A. Johnson was reared to farm labor, and had very poor educational advantages in his youth. He remained at home until attaining his majority, and then for several years was engaged in brick-laying. At the age of twenty-one he was wedded to Miss Sarah E. Fielder, a native of Tennessee. In 1855 he located in Wayne County, Mo., where, in 1860, he bought a farm, and embarked in agriculture, continuing until the war broke out, when he raised a company of Missouri State Guards, of which he was elected first lieutenant. He soon resigned this position, and enlisted as a private in the Confederate army, being elected first lieutenant of Reeves' Cavalry Company of independent scouts. He was soon sent east of the Mississippi, and was in the battles of Memphis, Corinth, Iuka, Jacinto, Richmond, Ky., Perryville, after which he was transferred to the western department of Arkansas, where he was detailed to raise a regiment, of which he was made lieutenant-colonel. In this capacity he participated in the battles of Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Saline River, and was then with Price on his Missouri raid, taking part in every battle fought on this trip. During the war his family removed from Missouri south to Clay County, Ark., and here Mr. Johnson went after the cessation of hostilities, where he remained three years, and then came to Cache Township, Greene County, Ark, where they are still residing. He purchased a partially improved farm of 160 acres, opened about sixty acres, and in 1871 purchased 160 acres three miles south of his first place, to which he has added 170 acres, and has cleared 100 acres, having about 200 under cultivation. In addition to these tracts he has about 500 acres in another locality. He does general farming, but gives the most of his attention to the raising of corn and cotton. He is an active politician, a substantial supporter of churches and schools, and he and family attend the Baptist Church, of which he and his wife are members. His family consists of the following children: John W., born February 17, 1856, who is married and resides on his father's land; William G., born February 9, 1858, also married and living in the township; Barbara Etta Bell, born October 5, 1860, wife of E. R. C. Biggs, a resident of Woodruff County; Robert E. Lee, born October 21, 1863, died in 1864; Adelaide, born September 24, 1865, wife of P. Eubanks, of Greene County; Samantha C., born August 4, 1867; Victoria R., wife of James Light, born July 19, 1869; Sarah N., born October 10, 1871; Benjamin O, born June 10, 1874; and Lizzie B., born August 11, 1877. Source: Northeast Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs. Mr. Owen affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Mutual Protective League of Hornersville. In politics lie is a Democrat, and is a member of the Methodist church, South. He and his wife are the parents of the following family: Suda, born December 30, 1890, now the wife of Thomas Hitt; Viola, born in 1891, died at the age of fifteen; Charles, born in 1893; Mary, born in 1897; Mattie, born in 1899; and Thomas, born in 1901. Mr. Owen's parents were Rev. John Sylvester and South Carolina Owen, the former a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, during all of his active life. lie was born in Tennessee and died at Caruthersville, Missouri, in 1899, aged fifty-five years. He was a Mason and active in lodge affairs. His wife had died at the age of forty-two years, in 1887, in Arkansas. David W. Owen was the second of ten children, of whom six are living: Daniel, of Mississippi county, Arkansas; Lucinda (Lomax), of Dunklin county, Missouri; Willie, also of Dunklin county; Catherine (Busby), of Noble, Clay county, Arkansas; Walter, of Dunklin county, Missouri; and Caretha (Pitts), also of Dunklin county, Missouri. Mrs. David W. Owen was born in Greene county, Arkansas, in 1872, a daughter of John and Sarah Rowe, both now deceased, but early residents and farmers of Greene county, Arkansas. Source - History of southeast Missouri - 1912JOHN C. TREDAWAY
Transcribed and contributed by Francis Cooley John C. Tredaway is one of the
successful farmers of Union Township, and one of its oldest settlers.
He was born in Pendleton District, S. C., in 1812, and is a son of
Richard and Nancy (Smith) Tredaway, who were born in Georgia and South
Carolina, the former's birth occurring in 1787. He grew to manhood in
his native State, was married in South Carolina, and after residing in
Tennessee for about ten years, returned to Georgia, where he was
engaged in farming until his death in 1851. His wife was born in 1794
and died in 1871, and both were members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Of their ten children, eight lived to be grown, and
seven are living at the present time.
The maternal grandfather came from Europe with two brothers and settled in Georgia, but it is not known where the others settled. He was a farmer, and lived and died in the state of his adoption, his death occurring when between sixty and seventy years of age. His wife lived to be nearly 100 years old, and also died in Georgia. She was an earnest member of the Baptist Church. To them were born five children, the father of our subject being the eldest. John C. Tredaway, who was the second of his parents' children, grew to manhood in East Tennessee. At the age of twenty-one years he commenced for himself, engaging in the shoemaker's trade, and followed this occupation in connection with farming until he went to Georgia, when he opened a wagon shop, which he managed with farming eight years. In 1856 he came to Arkansas and located on a farm on Crowley's Ridge in Clay County, where he remained for about sixteen years, subsequently spending three years in Boone County, Ark. Here his wife died on the 12th of November, 1872, her birth occurring in South Carolina November 6, 1808, her maiden name being Rebecca Chapman. They were married August 21, 1884, and became the parents of ten children, four of whom are alive. The names of the children are: John W., who died in Tennessee; Asbury F., who first joined the Confederate Army, and later, on account of his wife, joined the Union forces, went South, and as he was never afterward heard from, was supposed to have been killed; Francis M., who served in the Confederate Army and died in Mississippi, being buried there with 10,000 other soldiers; William B., also a Confederate soldier, was taken sick and died somewhere in the South; James R., who sickened and died in Greene County, and was buried at Oak Bluff; Nancy E., wife of William Wagner, residing in Clay County, Ark.; Sidney S., a resident of Clay County; Sarah A., wife of Benjamin Copeland, of Clay County; Mary A., wife of Buck Fain, of Boone County, Ark., and an infant not named. Mr. Tredaway was married a second time to Amanda Fielder, who was born in Hickman County, Tenn., in 1840. To them six children have been born: Thomas F., John W. W., Edward S., Mary and Martha (twins), and an infant that died in childhood, not named. Mr. Tredaway and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the latter having been a professed Christian for fifty-eight years, and an active worker in the church. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and in his political views is a Democrat. Source: Northeast Arkansas Biographies and Historical Memoirs. *************
Source - Public
Documents 1903
James Wyse Kuykendall , principal of the preparatory department, was born in Gainesville, Arkansas, September 12, 1873. His school work has been almost wholly in the public schools of this state and Texas. For four years prior to coming to the University he served a's deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and in 1898 was appointed to fill the inexpired term of State Superintendent Jordan. He has held his present position since June, 1901. ******* Source - Sheild and Diamond Pi Kappa Alpha 1908 Our Grand Chancellor WALTER GARRETT RIDDICK was born on September 13th, 1883, at Gainesville, Arkansas, the second child and eldest son of James Edward Riddick and Emma Wayde Mack Riddick, and spent the early part of his childhood at Gainesville, his father being judge of the Circuit Court of that district. Later, however, his father was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas which necessitated his moving to Little Rock, and it was in Little Rock that Brother Riddick spent the last years of his childhood and received his preparatory education, he having graduated with high honors from the Peabody High School of that city. In September, 1901, he entered Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, and in the early fall of that year he was initiated into Pi Kappa Alpha by Pi Chapter, the first initiate of that chapter since its revival which occurred early in the same year. After spending two or three years at Washington and Lee in the academic department, during which time he led many of his classes and was considered one of the most brilliant students at that institution, he had a dispute with some members of the faculty and left the institution returning to his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, and never returned to the University, though he still maintains a great love for his Alma Mater and is an enthusiastic alumnus and one of which the faculty of that famous institution is justly proud. Upon his return to Arkansas he taught for a year or more and after that time entered the employ of the Sandefur & Waters Real Estate Company as cashier, holding at the same time a similar position with the Little Rock office ********** William Worth Hume, born in Indiana, December 1, 1849, married Elvira Stallings, had two sons and one daughter as follows: Bertha B., born September 16, 1871, married Charles Spangenberg in 1897, died July, 20 1899, leaving one daughter, Geraldine. Dr. H. C. Hume, born January 1, 1873, married Lily Land of Carmi, Ills., lives now at Paragould, Arkansas, is president of North Arkansas Oil & Feed Co. Had one son, Harry Hume, who died in 1897. A. G. Hume, is a merchant at Paragould, Arkansas, he was born November 12, 1874, is unmarried. Ben Procter Hume, son by second marriage, born April 8, 1861, married Anna Stallings, had one daughter who lives at New Harmony, Ind. Elizabeth Hume, born in Kentucky, March 13,1825, married Stephens; had four children, one son Ezra, a Real Estate Agent who has assisted the author in this work. Mrs. Anna C. Wilson contributed the following: Elizabeth Stephens, daughterol Wm. and Betsy Hume, born March 13, 1825, died August 20, 1882; had five children all living but one. Almira Inez Stephens, dead, Orien W. Stephens, Ezra A. Stephens, Annie P. Wilson, Flora B. Stallings. ************ William Smith Luna, of Paragould , Ark., a well known attorney, read law in the office of Faulkner & Frederick, of Ripley, Miss., and there was admitted to the bar on November 9, 1880. He removed to Arkansas on January 3, 1882. began his practice I; at Gainesville and there prospered until jj 1884, when he located in Texas. Not being satisfied with his location there, he returned to Arkansas in 1888, and since his leturn has practiced with fair success at Paragould. He served as city attorney of Paragould for two terms and has been a school director for the past five years. He was married in 1885 to Rettie J. Kuykendall of Gainesville, Ark., and they have two children, Mary and Wellborn Swinburne. Mr. Lima has enjoyed a fair share of the practice at Paragould for many years and his service as city attorney was marked by proficiency and fidelity. He has labored unceasingly for the advancement of the public school system of the town, and during his terms as member of the school directorate, has contributed materially to its present high state of efficiency. ******** E. D. Mclauchlin. A young attorney, already well established in practice at Blanchard, E. D. McLauchlin was for nearly ten years before entering the law engaged in the mercantile business at Denver, Oklahoma. He was born December 27, 1885, at Love Station, De Soto County, Mississippi. His father was R. B. McLauchlin, who was born in Mississippi, in 1847, and was left an orphan by the death of his mother when he was seven years of age. His father, who died five years earlier, had emigrated from Scotland to North Carolina. R. B. McLauchlin was reared in Mississippi, and became dependent upon his own resources at an early age. He was married in Do Soto County, Mississippi, to Miss S. E. Perry, who is now living with her son, Dr. J. R. McLauchlin, ten miles east of Norman, Oklahoma. In 1889 R. B. McLauchlin moved with his family to Clarendon, Arkansas, and ho died there in 1896. For many years he was an active school man, later a farmer, and at the time of his death was serving as county surveyor of Monroe County, Arkansas. He was a democrat, and very active in the Baptist Church, and fraternally was associated with the Knights of Honor. His wife was born in De Soto County, Mississippi, in 1843. Their children were: Emma, deceased, whose husband, Robert Haines, is a music teacher at Clarendon, Arkansas; D. D., who was actively associated with his brother, E. D. McLauchlin, in merchandising until his death; Mattic married Henry Harris and both are now deceased; R. J. lives as- a farmer near Paragould, Arkansas; Fannie is the wife of John Hatcher, a farmer near Chickasha, Oklahoma; Sallie, who died at the age of eighteen; Alice, wife of Sam Cooper, a farmer at Paragould, Arkansas; Essie, who died at the age of twenty-four, was the wife of Tom Vaughn, a teacher in the public schools at Cordell, Oklahoma; J. R., a physician and surgeon at Denver, Oklahoma, ten miles east of Norman, who is a graduate M. D. from the Oklahoma State University; and E. D. McLauchlin, the youngest of the ten children. The last named attended the public schools in Clarendon, Arkansas, and continued his education in Paragould in Greene County, when his mother removed to that town in 1898. When twenty-eight years old he left school and at once engaged in the mercantile business at Denver, Oklahoma, with his brother, D. D., under the firm name of McLauchlin Brothers. His older brother, D. D. McLauchlin, died February 7, 1914. At that time the junior member of the firm sold the business and during 1914-15 was a student of law in the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, where he graduated LL. B. in 1915. After four months at Norman, Oklahoma, he took the bar examination and was admitted to practice in June, and on the first day of July opened his office at Blanchard. He has his offices in the court house and his ability has already attracted a profitable practice, especially in civil cases. He has been called upon to act as special county judge and is now city attorney for Blanchard. ________ Benjamin H. Crowley, of Paragould. Ark., a distinguished lawyer, citizen, soldier, and statesman, was born in Greene county. Ark., October 28, 1836: son of Samuel Crowley, who died during the infancy of our subject, and a grandson of Benjamin Crowley, who came to Arkansas from Kentucky in 1821. and from whom Crowley Ridge derived its name. Mr. Crowley attended the public schools and the Wallace institute, of Van Buren, Ark., and farmed in Scott county until the opening of the war. ln 1861 be enlisted in Capt. John Dillard's company, organized at Fort Smith, and this command hecame the body guard of Gen. Ben McCulloch, Dillard having served with McCulloch in the .Mexican war. When McCulloch was killed, Dillard's company was disbanded and General Crowlex joined Company H, Nineteenth Arkansas infantry and served under Gen. Albert I'ike in the Indian country. Later he was transferred to Gen. Thomas C Hindman's command and became first lieutenant of his company. He was stationed at Arkansas Post, promoted to a captaincy and when that fort fell, made his escape and served until captured near Fort Smith. General Crowley was a prisoner of war two months at the old penitentiary at Little Rock, four months at St. Louis, and at Johnson's Island until January 9, 1865, when he was exchanged. During the rest of the war he served as captain of the body guard of General Fagan. After the war he returned to Greene county, farmed, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar. General Crowley has had a most successful career as a lawyer, and has practiced in all the courts with great distinction. He has been prominently identified with the state militia and has held many important positions. He was appointed by Governor Conway a lieutenant in Companv D, Seventeenth Arkansas infantry; by Governor Garland, in 1875, colonel of the state militia, and by Governor Jones, in 1897, brigadier-general of the Second brigade of Arkansas state troops. In 1893 he was appointed by President Cleveland, receiver of public money at Little Rock : in 1895 by Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, appraiser of unsold government lands and of the public lands of Hot Springs, Ark. He was elected to the legislature in 1872; served as a member of the constitutional convention of 1874; member of the state senate in 1877 and 1879 and again in 1889 and 1891. He is a leading Mason and has taken the Thirty-second degree of the Scottish Kite. General Crowley has been married twice, first to Elizabeth J. Crowley, of Missouri, who died in 1880, and the second time to Rosa L. Fielder, of Hickman county. Tenn., who died January 8. 1901. He is the father-of the following seven children: Victoria V. , wife of J. D. Sibert. a well known minister of the Methodist church: Cynthia H., wife of Prof. L. W. Zook, of Greene county: Nannie P., wife of H. R. Wood, of Paragould, Ark.: Lucien G., a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Greene county: Belle: Renona H.: and Sallie A., a graduate of Thompson's classical institute of Paragould. General Crowley is one of the leading citizens of Arkansas and has occupied a prominent place in many walks of life. As a lawyer, a citizen, a soldier and a statesman, he has commanded the respect and esteem of all classes. Source - The Provience and the States 1904 ___________ 2006-2007 Arkansas Genealogy Trails |